September 2010
53 posts
while researching nasa and the moon came across this lovely site: http://bit.ly/aoLxzP
the morning listen ~ “Nerdcore is like every other sort of hip hop, just considerably less cool.” http://bbc.in/b8CuX5
pay to play in the UK: ISPs admit to giving certain apps and services priority over others #netneutrality: http://bit.ly/alLwzs
nice ~ RT @Rosental: Pulitzer winner to create fund 4 computer-assisted reporting training 4 rural reporters http://bit.ly/8YCibu
all sales are final ~ newsweek: $1. techcrunch $40 mil.
i hate shit like this ~ @dangillmor with a very succinct rundown of why a new copyright bill is very bad for us all: http://bit.ly/dBAqLH
of fox and friends ~ how will the network cover presidential candidates when they’re all on their payroll? http://j.mp/a8UE8e
RT @pressfreedom: Police arrest Web editor Chiranuch Premchaiporn in #Thailand on charges of insulting the royal family http://bit.ly/bJWR7Q
amtrak thoughts ~ would CNN national do better if it followed CNN international’s lead? I’d watch it… and get rid of Wolf.
I don’t think so ~ “@digitaljournal: If Blockbuster vanished, would anyone notice?”
can always use more ~ RT @scribemedia: looking for html5 references? have html5 references? read or add to them here: http://bit.ly/cqdivt
RT @freepress: BBC asks #FCC Genachowski about his failure to do the right thing for #NetNeutrality http://twurl.nl/bzmh5l
#buddypress gig ~ dev wanted to debug new group and forum creation for my teaching site. should be just a few hours.
bipartisanship ~ bill introduced to grant justice dept global authority to shutter any web site accused of piracy: http://bit.ly/ac254R
the gps effect ~ justice department says americans should not expect privacy in public places: http://bit.ly/bnc69b
my spidey sense tingles in a skeptical sort of way ~ europe proposes Internet treaty to benefit all human kind http://j.mp/bMKnJD
one of my students asks if digg is digging it’s own grave: http://bit.ly/baaSg9
mexican paper asks cartels to stop killing journalists ~ “You are, at present, the de facto authorities in this city” http://bit.ly/951qIk
have guitar rig synched with @propellerheadsw’s record. new adventures in soundscaping begin tomorrow. looking forward to it.
and if you want to understand why print pubs fail, here’s harper’s version of the story in its non accessible glory: http://bit.ly/92a66W
if you want to understand what’s happening in juarez, you need to read charles bowden circa 1996 (1996!): http://bit.ly/aXrgDn
while you were sleeping ~ two photographers shot in juarez: http://j.mp/95Tmep
it’s a slow motion train wreck but every failed startup should reflect like so: why we shut newstilt down by @paulbiggar http://j.mp/c851U1
ngo’s, non-profits, tech and media: the syllabus for my @tubescode course at columbia is now online. feedback welcome: http://bit.ly/cz5ioV
adobe updates… again ~ i remember macromedia software being elegantly streamlined. when adobe bought them did they boot everyone out?
ah, snark ~ RT @scribemedia: by using open source platforms, tea partiers are becoming communists like the rest of us: http://bit.ly/cdINZp
learned all my dirty words in the 70s by listening to 8-tracks of @SteveMartinToGo . now that he’s here perhaps i’ll learn some more.
the haystack implosion is depressing ~ Danny O’Brien’s personal recounting http://is.gd/fblpY (ht @scottros)
i think @joindiaspora open sources their code today. looking forward to seeing/hearing what people have to say once they’ve played with it.
sound as an energy source? people are working on it: http://bit.ly/awMTI7
a nice ted talk on the relationship between artists, the digital age and human rights: http://bit.ly/by4Xiu
slackjaw ~ “People are far less interested in apps than they are in using their phones to” do normal phone shit: http://j.mp/9i10gW
the morning misfortune: @eff warns users to stop using @haystacknetwork to get around censorship firewalls in iran. http://bit.ly/ceHwPZ
while the twiterrati navel gaze, here’s something interesting ~ @palafo: David Foster Wallace Archive Is Opened - http://nyti.ms/dc5foa
an anniversary i did not know ~ mario bros turns 25. link to odd spinoffs and tributes: http://j.mp/cS63M4
does canada fear its scientists? ~ won’t let fed funded researchers talk to media without permission: http://j.mp/deKKEg
first of my @tubescode classes on NGO/non-profit use of technology & media starts in an hour. psyched to get the semester rolling. #tcc10
RT @scribemedia: automated transcriptions ~ how a startup is turning video into rich, seo-optimized text. http://bit.ly/cYaZtr
would you call it irony or cynicism ~ clarence thomas’ wife and dick armey lead tea party against elites: http://nyti.ms/a1cuEk
classical music lovers work around copyright, raise funds to get high quality recordings released to public domain: http://bit.ly/bWmoX8
imagine reading it ~ @booktwo creates an 11 volume print version of every edit made to wikipedia’s iraq war entry. http://bit.ly/bYESLw
watch ~ @musicwithcurves just got back from india with a short video about building the largest human tower ever: http://bit.ly/caA5an
won’t work. we have the national sophistication of an immature 5-year-old ~ david foster wallace on the legacy of 9/11: http://bit.ly/bstxNU
especially this ~ “we are [now] publishing the App Store Review Guidelines to help developers understand how we review submitted apps”
RT @faris: this is awesome RT @PleaseEnjoy: Google Instant with Bob Dylan video! A new project from Google Creative Lab. http://bit.ly/b …
helpful ~ “@stefanrichter: Woot! RT @bit101 wow, apple crumbles on 3rd party tools. http://bit.ly/d6IeLW”
my kind of people ~ study claims narcissists and those with low self esteem spend the most time on facebook: http://bit.ly/b3K90z
apologies to all but this is just a test. seeing if my little app is sucking in my twitter ramblings.
this is a second test and then i’ll be done. thanks for bearing with me.
let’s pause for a moment of genius ~ “@NiemanLab: Here’s what a social media train wreck looks like (via @mattwaite) http://nie.mn/9lfNi7”